Week 2 of Grade 3 and a Hot Air Balloon

Chad was given 2 VIP tickets to the Rib Cook Off.  It includes all you can eat ribs and sides.  So on Monday Rose and daddy spent the afternoon there, again.

...and of course, made time to play in the fountains.

Rose's favorite book this week was Kingdom Tales.  (A classic collection of tales that use allegory to reveal truths about the Kingdom of God.)

Each week I will try to share at least one of her school work pages.  This week it is her John 3:16 poster.

This week we are learning about Latitude and Longitude, Elevation and Depth, how to read Physical and Political Maps, Biomes around the world, Oxygen and Water Cycles, and much more.

Rose started her piano lessons.  She is thrilled with her lessons and with her sweet teacher, Mrs. Kristen.

For this weeks play date with Carissa, we went to the Discovery Museum.  The girls had such a great time.

An evening supper at Peppermill's buffet.

For handicrafts this week, we finished up this pillow.  Rose latch hooked it two years ago and we never did anything with it.  I was never quite sure how to turn it into a pillow, so I kept putting it off.  We decided to end the procrastination and just give it a whirl.  It turned out great and Rose is ready to do another latch hook project.

On Friday we had Fari over for dinner.  He is Chad's new colleague at UNR.  He told us a lot about Indonesia and even showed us photos and videos especially about Bali.

On Saturday morning we were able to watch the Great Air Balloon Race from the comfort of our house.  Then to our surprise, one of the balloons landed on our street.  Rose and daddy helped pack up the balloon. Rose even got to get in the basket and turn the fire on.  Very nice!

On Saturday we went to the first UNR home football game of the season.

Rose got to make a world cake as part of her world studies.  She learned/reviewed all the continents and oceans.  We waited until Sunday to make it so it could be part of our fellowship meal at church assembly.

Homeschool Room

Chad snapped these photos of our homeschool room.......so I am sharing.

This is the entry area to the school room aka 'the library'.  Both sides of the walkway holds bookshelves full of books.  You can also see our history timeline on the wall in the stairwell.

 This is when you walk in...  Rose and I sit side by side at the desk that has my laptop on it.  The desk in the far corner is the art area.  The other desk is the sewing desk.  The room is about the size of two bedrooms.  It is roomy, bright, and cheerful.  We love it!

 I have more bookshelves on this wall....

 And this is the view as you are walking out of the schoolroom.  Not pictured is a couch sized chaise that we sit or lay on to do readings etc.

From our desk we have a beautiful view of Mt. Rose.

Home Between Thanksgiving and Christmas travels (surgery, finish week 15 of MFW, sing, and sign)

We had about two weeks from the time we got back from Kentucky from being over there for an extended Thanksgiving visit until we left again for North Dakota.  This post is our 2 weeks at home between our travels.

Rose had surgery to remove an extra tooth.  They gave her laughing gas then sedated her through an IV.  I was a little concerned about the anesthesia because I have had complications.  But she did just fine.

They cut the roof of her mouth behind her front teeth.  She had stitches between each tooth up front.

before surgery

with gas, getting ready for the IV

in the recovery room

She had two days on liquids and about a week on soft foods.  We are thankful that everything went so well and she healed up so fast.

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Daddy and Rose...

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Visiting a local farm where we can get raw milk.   Rose petting one of the cows.

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We went to a cute showing of the Nutcracker called "The Peanutcracker" with our homeschool group.  It was a narrated version to make it easier for kids to follow the story line.  Since we studied Tchaikovsky this semester, this was a nice tie-in to our studies.

Rose and the Sugarplum Fairy

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We finished up our Week 15 of My Father's World in school.  Rose completed Abeka 2nd Grade Math and started her 3rd Grade Math.  We are using Teaching Textbooks for 3rd grade math.  Rose feels so accomplished finishing her 2nd grade math so early and she loved doing her first few lessons of 3rd grade math on the computer.
Yay, Rose!

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Rose in her 'Children In Action' vest.  CIA is her Wednesday night Missions class.

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Our little elf.

She made a little outfit when Chad and I mention she was our little elf helper.

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We did our family Christmas early.

She was surprised to wake up and see so many presents. (I only had a few out in the living room all week)

a happy girl and her gifts....

Our day of "family Christmas" was gifts, daddy reading the Bible to us, singing carols, watching movies, and just enjoying being together.  That evening Rose and Chad went caroling with our church on a hayride.  We enjoyed our special day together.

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The Childrens Choir singing in church Sunday morning.

Rose signed Silent Night at church Sunday night.  This year she learned the second and third verses.

Here is a clip of her signing.  This is not a clear video and it is too far away...but I may get a better video soon, as she is going on what we call a 'cross country tour'...she may get to sign at grandparents churches in North Dakota and Kentucky in addition to here in Nevada.
This is verse two of the song.

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Rose wanted to make her cousins and a couple of dear friends a winter pillow.

Here she is listening to audiobooks on the IPad while she is sewing.

Her finished pillows! (She did a great job...she wanted me to mention that mommy helped with some of the closing seams)

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This is Rose at our Realtor's office. 

 We closed on our house the day before we left for Christmas travels.

 A house for Christmas....my wonderful husband sure does give great gifts!